Meaning

• A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.

• A long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area.

• A strip of decoration.

• That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.

• A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.

• (in the plural) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.

• A part of the electromagnetic spectrum.

• A group of energy levels in a solid state material.

  "valence band;  conduction band"

• A bond.

• Pledge; security.

• A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify it.

• Any distinguishing line formed by chromatography, electrophoresis etc

• Short for band cell.

• (hiphop, often in the plural) A wad of money totaling $1K, held together by a band; (by extension) money

Meaning

• To fasten with a band.

• To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird).